Runoff elections in NRW: on Sunday two SPD strongholds shake - live ticker

In the local elections in NRW, there will be a runoff election in some cities on Sunday: In Düsseldorf and Dortmund, CDU challengers could replace the SPD incumbents.

• In NRW, runoff elections for the 2020 local elections will take place in many places on Sunday, September 27th.

• Where none of the candidates achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot, the runoff results now have to decide in NRW.

• Here you can find all the results of the mayoral elections in NRW as an interactive map.

+++ On election Sunday we will keep you up to date with the live ticker on all important developments +++

Düsseldorf - The

in Germany's most populous state of

two weeks ago - now some voters are allowed to

send in

their

a second time in the

or

by postal voting.

In some of the largest cities, too, there will be a runoff election for the mayor's office on Sunday because none of the candidates achieved an absolute majority in the first ballot.

In particular, the previously

and the

are also in the nationwide focus.

From the outcome of the election, political observers also expect a signal to Berlin - because the

OB candidates can take

office

in both cities

.

In

,

,

and

, even the

chance to appoint

in

for the first time

.

Municipal runoff election in NRW: The winners from the first ballot

The clear

the

on September 13th is the

*.

The Christian Democrats achieved 34.3 percent of the vote in the elections for city councils, community representatives and district assemblies.

The

remained the second strongest force with 24.3 percent.

However, it was

the historically worst result in

for both the

 and the

.

The

, on the other hand, achieved

their best result in a

: They were able to increase by 8.3 points to 20 percent.

The

came to 5.6 percent, the

3.8 percent, the

to 5 percent.

Prime Minister Armin Laschet

makes recommendations

for the upcoming runoff election

:

Election campaign in Corona times.

On a Saturday evening almost 300 visitors in the Hamm Kurpark 8 days before the runoff election.

Thomas Hunsteger-Petermann has every chance of being re-elected as Lord Mayor of Hamm.

It stands for the cohesion of a big city in structural change.

https://t.co/dEUqeSPrlX

- Armin Laschet (@ArminLaschet) September 19, 2020

Mayor election in North Rhine-Westphalia: It will be exciting in Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Aachen, Bonn, Wuppertal and Münster

On election day, we will keep you up to date on various results from all over the state.

Here is an

overview of

the starting positions before the

for some large cities:

(kat) *